Further reading

Glossary

kufic

A term denoting various styles of angular Arabic script. Emerged in the early centuries of Islam, kufic soon became the preferred hand to copy holy texts.

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currently in research collection

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White opaque chalcedony; cabochon, plain-convex; oval; angle cut. One word in a rectangular frame (A) surrounded on every side by one line of inscription (B 1-4: 1 - above, 2 - on the left, 3 - beneath, 4 - on the right) and its outline doubled by the base line of each of these inscriptions. Kufic script, without dots.